9800 GTX or GT? Which brand?

-h4x0r- · Jun 5, 2009, 03:17 AM

Ugh..So I can't decide which card I want to get. I'm looking to spend no more than 130-140 after shipping. And im looking at newegg.com. I was originally going to get the 9800 GT Ultra by Asus but when I saw some GTX's coming with a 6 pin PCI-E power converter so I could use both required 6 pin power connectors for the GTX, I decided to look at either. I figure the GTX will of course outperform but probably not by much, the memory clock is only 200 Mhz higher on average.

However I still do not know which one to get. I do not want to spend 150 unless the brand that costs that much is really just that much better. Any opinions welcome!

anonemus · Jun 5, 2009, 03:44 AM

Get the brand with lifetime warranty

buburuza76 · Jun 5, 2009, 04:23 AM

I would go for GT, GTX it doesn`t worth the money for little performance difference

-h4x0r- · Jun 5, 2009, 03:57 PM

There are GTX's the same price as the GT's, about 130. Nobody has any recommendations for which one?

EDIT- Or maybe even a GTS 250? Same price range, specs look the same?

**kris23** · Jun 5, 2009, 05:11 PM

get an ATi HD 4850 or 4770

4850 equals or exceeds the 9800GTX at a similar to lower price point

4770 was recently build specifically to take down the 9800GT at a lower price and use less power.... it OCs to near GTX260 level performance as well thanks to a new 40nm core.

so unless you play crysis which is heavily optimised for nvidia or want to use physX... you should go with ATi

as for branding, go with EVGA for nvidia... their advanced RMA service though costs extra... is probably worth it.

for ATI, id go with Sapphire, Asus, or Visiontek

-h4x0r- · Jun 5, 2009, 10:14 PM

Yes it looks like the 4850 is a lil better, and I can get the 1 GB DDR3 memory too. However I need Digital Vibrance and ATI does not support this. Does anyone know of a substitue for saturation/color vibrance on an ATI card ( not avivo that is for video only)

dodobv · Jun 8, 2009, 04:19 AM

why not go for 4770?

Jun 5, 2009, 03:17 AM	#1
-h4x0r- DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 49 Rep Power: 0	9800 GTX or GT? Which brand? Ugh..So I can't decide which card I want to get. I'm looking to spend no more than 130-140 after shipping. And im looking at newegg.com. I was originally going to get the 9800 GT Ultra by Asus but when I saw some GTX's coming with a 6 pin PCI-E power converter so I could use both required 6 pin power connectors for the GTX, I decided to look at either. I figure the GTX will of course outperform but probably not by much, the memory clock is only 200 Mhz higher on average. However I still do not know which one to get. I do not want to spend 150 unless the brand that costs that much is really just that much better. Any opinions welcome!

Jun 5, 2009, 03:44 AM	#2
anonemus DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Philippines Posts: 220 Rep Power: 14 System Specs	Re: 9800 GTX or GT? Which brand? Get the brand with lifetime warranty

Jun 5, 2009, 04:23 AM	#3
buburuza76 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 171 Rep Power: 8	Re: 9800 GTX or GT? Which brand? I would go for GT, GTX it doesn`t worth the money for little performance difference

Jun 5, 2009, 03:57 PM	#4
-h4x0r- DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 49 Rep Power: 0	Re: 9800 GTX or GT? Which brand? There are GTX's the same price as the GT's, about 130. Nobody has any recommendations for which one? EDIT- Or maybe even a GTS 250? Same price range, specs look the same? Last edited by -h4x0r-; Jun 5, 2009 at 05:08 PM.

Jun 5, 2009, 05:11 PM	#5
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,299 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Re: 9800 GTX or GT? Which brand? get an ATi HD 4850 or 4770 4850 equals or exceeds the 9800GTX at a similar to lower price point 4770 was recently build specifically to take down the 9800GT at a lower price and use less power.... it OCs to near GTX260 level performance as well thanks to a new 40nm core. so unless you play crysis which is heavily optimised for nvidia or want to use physX... you should go with ATi as for branding, go with EVGA for nvidia... their advanced RMA service though costs extra... is probably worth it. for ATI, id go with Sapphire, Asus, or Visiontek __________________ Driverheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (9/4/09) New i5 systems with more to come! Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Jun 5, 2009, 10:14 PM	#6
-h4x0r- DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 49 Rep Power: 0	Re: 9800 GTX or GT? Which brand? Yes it looks like the 4850 is a lil better, and I can get the 1 GB DDR3 memory too. However I need Digital Vibrance and ATI does not support this. Does anyone know of a substitue for saturation/color vibrance on an ATI card ( not avivo that is for video only)

Jun 8, 2009, 04:19 AM	#7
dodobv DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2008 Location: Romania Posts: 201 Rep Power: 11	Re: 9800 GTX or GT? Which brand? why not go for 4770?